Category: Random

Blogs are dumb. That’s what I used to think. I tried starting one twice in the past, but both times, blogging quickly became a chore. This time it will be different, and I can tell you why. If you’ve been thinking about starting a blog, let me tell you about why blogging is awesome. You […]

Recently, I came upon sunglasses sold by the student government of my alma mater (Claremont McKenna College) that read, “CMC. Wearing it since 1946.” While I can imagine their excitement when they came up with a way to infuse a popular slang used around campus with a pun that can be printed on a popular […]

Do you know anybody who carries two blackberries? One of which they fear and loathe, knowing they must stop whatever they are doing to focus on work for a quick second, or in some cases all afternoon. Through my phone, I can connect with my colleagues, friends, and family through text message, email, Facebook, and […]

Last night, as I walk up to the bar, I’m greeted by the bouncer with a handshake. As I make my way toward my part of the bar, I stop along the way to give hugs to the usuals I see weekly. I get to the bar and high five the bartender who is just […]

The concept of equal opportunity is that we all have the same chance to be rich. The idea that we could all be rich some day has made our society materialistic, something many people complain about daily. The concept of equal opportunity is quite new, and very different from back when royalty was royalty and […]

I just recently wrote about how equal opportunity makes us materialistic. I just found a study that links materialism to anger and depression. If equal opportunity leads to materialism, and materialism leads to anger and depression, then equal opportunity must lead to anger and depression. At least materialism also makes us work harder, which increases […]

Google instant will start giving you suggestions as soon as you start typing a word in. Awesome. So I thought it would be fun to find out who the number one searched result was for each letter of the alphabet. Some of the results surprised me at first, but then I realized it’s probably pretty […]

Freakematics is a word I just put together now as a way to describe a habit of mine. Freakematics is the application of pure mathematics to diverse subjects not usually covered by “traditional” pure mathematics. The inspiration came from the term Freaknomics, which is “an application of economic theory to diverse subjects not usually covered […]

The Third Place is a term coined by Professor Ray Oldenburg back in 1989. He describes the importance of informal gathering places such as bars and coffee shops that allow you to escape from your two usual environments. Your two usual environments are your home (the first place) and your office (the second place). As […]